Effect of Colonization on Aboriginals in Australia

Running head: COLONIZATION AND ABORIGINALS
Colonization and Aboriginals
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Introduction
The essay aims to discuss the effect of colonization on the aboriginals of Australia
and its influence on the business and economic environment of the country. The British
colonization occurred in Australia in the 18th century and it had affected the life of the
aboriginals of Australia and changed the life the people belonged to this group. The seven
phases of aboriginals’ history had occurred due to the distinct phases of the colonization.
These phases in turn affected the people in the present times. The gap between indigenous
and non-indigenous sustained due to this colonization and sufferings of the aborigines (Durey
and Thompson 2012). The “true” gap that exist however should be abolished with suitable
strategies such that the adverse economic and business conditions improves and the condition
of the people of indigenous people who are in much worse condition health wise can be
mitigated and its true gap with the non-indigenous will reduce.
Theory
To start the discussion the understanding of the seven phases of aboriginals’ history
needs to be gathered and the simultaneous effect of colonization should be explained. The
first phase of history of aboriginal is dreaming. Dreaming signifies the time of the ancestral
spirits that existed in land and generated life. The dream phase explains function of humanity
and nature and the beginning of the universe. It actually gives the essence of domestic life
values that means responsibility towards people, family life, spirits of ancestors and land. The
phase is full of rituals and customs. It is still exists among the aboriginal of the present times.
After this phase of aboriginals, the arrival of the British generated a sense of denial among
the indigenous people. During 1770s, the explorers from Europe visited Australia and this
resulted in threat in dreaming environment of the indigenous people. After this in 1788, the
British invaded Australia and that give rise to the invasion phase. With the arrival of the

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British the indigenous people felt isolation as the invaders brought several diseases with them
and massacred the natives. The difficulty that the indigenous people face is that the invaders
did not understand the culture and traditions of the aborigines and exploited them. Due to this
in the Australian aborigines, a sense of isolation generated. Then in the 1800s, genocide
occurred and many died in the Black war and many other massacres led by the invaders. The
survivors of the said massacres witnessing the assault of their own people became very angry
and the second dying stage cane into prominence. The fourth phase of the aboriginal history
is protection. Under this phase, the government felt that the indigenous people need
protection and thus formulated many laws. However, in the present day the laws are being
viewed as worst discrimination towards the people the laws are made for. This led to the third
dying stage that is bargaining. Under this stage, the indigenous people felt avoided and
unrecognised. They were the people who suffered the most during the colonial people and
engaged into war with the European invaders and lost many lives but they are now are less
recognized and avoided in compared to the non-indigenous (Alford and Muir 2004). Hence,
bargaining stage occurred corresponding to the demand for recognition. Therefore, to address
the recognition issue of the indigenous the government devised and implemented many
policies such that they can be assimilate in the society and the gap between indigenous and
non-indigenous can be removed. However, the policies could not recognise the laws,
traditions, customs and beliefs. The policies only focused to include indigenous people into
the society but did not give thought to their values and traditions and hence inclusion without
values created a sense of depression among the indigenous people. This alienation from their
traditions created a sense of despair and led to the sixth phase of aboriginal history that is
self-determination (Dudgeon et al. 2010). The indigenous people became very much willing
to regain their lost tradition and to connect with their dreaming environment and leads to
establish spiritual connection again. However, the acceptance of the adverse situation of the